Software Engineer Interview Experience - San Jose, California
July 1, 2013
Neutral ExperienceNo Offer
Process
Given a sorted array of n integers that has been rotated an unknown number of times, write code to find an element in the array.
Design an algorithm and write code to find the first common ancestor of two nodes in a binary tree. Avoid storing additional nodes in a data structure.
Questions
No difficult questions.
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 61 interview experiences for the Google Software Engineer role in San Jose, California.
Success Rate
7%
Pass Rate
Google's interview process for their Software Engineer roles in San Jose, California is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.
Experience Rating
Positive52%
Neutral36%
Negative11%
Candidates reported having very good feelings for Google's Software Engineer interview process in San Jose, California.
Google Work Experiences
4.0
Great place to work
Software Engineer • Current Employee
San Jose, California, United States
January 7, 2022
Pros: Cares about its employees a lot.
Employees are getting a lot of days off during the COVID era.
Cons: Not a lot of excitement. It's an established company where a lot of things have to go slowly because it impacts so many users.
4.0
Good benefits and compensation, but not a fit if you want to work on non-AI stuff
Software Engineer • Current Employee
San Jose, California, United States
September 1, 2023
Pros: * Friendly, talented teammates.
* Nice, negotiable manager.
* Clear documents on most stuff.
* Powerful mono repo tools and infrastructures.
Cons: Bad product and marketing.
Too much focus on AI.
Not enough open role diversity at the moment.
Some too-ambitious goals which end up with too many people and negotiations, unproductive and busy at the same time.
3.0
kjgkhv
Software Engineer • Former Employee
San Jose, California, United States
October 15, 2020
Pros: Great environment, good salary, and networking.
Cons: You have to give up your social life.
- 4.0Great place to workSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeSan Jose, California, United StatesJanuary 7, 2022Pros: Cares about its employees a lot. Employees are getting a lot of days off during the COVID era.Cons: Not a lot of excitement. It's an established company where a lot of things have to go slowly because it impacts so many users.
- 4.0Good benefits and compensation, but not a fit if you want to work on non-AI stuffSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeSan Jose, California, United StatesSeptember 1, 2023Pros: * Friendly, talented teammates. * Nice, negotiable manager. * Clear documents on most stuff. * Powerful mono repo tools and infrastructures.Cons: Bad product and marketing. Too much focus on AI. Not enough open role diversity at the moment. Some too-ambitious goals which end up with too many people and negotiations, unproductive and busy at the same time.
- 3.0kjgkhvSoftware Engineer • Former EmployeeSan Jose, California, United StatesOctober 15, 2020Pros: Great environment, good salary, and networking.Cons: You have to give up your social life.
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